This is the new thread for posting reports of osprey sightings, whether on the internet, in the press or in real life.
For the benefit of any new or less frequent viewers, it might be helpful if the first person to refer to a regular online source of information, for example Faune-Aquitaine, provided a link and a brief explanation of what the site is about.
Let the migration season commence!
These were reported late yesterday:
09/04 21:33 PEMBROKESHIRE : Osprey, Picton Point [S]one flew towards Slebech with a fish (16:20)09/04 21:47 SHROPSHIRE : Osprey, Venus Pool NR [S]one briefly this evening (18:25)09/04 22:18 CORNWALL : Osprey, Cot Valley [S]one over today09/04 22:35 WEST SUSSEX : Osprey, Chichester Harbour [S]one today09/04 23:02 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE : Osprey, Pitsford Reservoir [S]still in Walgrave Bay this evening
10/04 11:20 DORSET : Osprey, Middlebere [S]still this morning; also 4 Spoonbills still and Marsh Harrier10/04 11:37 SHROPSHIRE : Osprey, Venus Pool NR [S]still mid-morning; also Black-tailed Godwit (09:30)
10/04 14:22 WEST SUSSEX : Osprey, Thorney Island [S]one fishing at Great Deep mid-afternoon (14:10)
10/04 19:28 DORSET : Osprey, Middlebere [S]one still in dead trees late afternoon; also 2 Spoonbill still (16:00)10/04 20:04 GWENT : Osprey, Bassaleg [S]one flew north up the river mid-morning (10:30)
10/04 20:15 CUMBRIA : Osprey, Whinlatter FP [S]one flew up Whinlatter Pass before heading off north over Seat How late afternoon (17:00)
10/04 20:51 CLYDE : Osprey, Wards Pond [S]adult seen fishing several times today; also 8 Whooper Swan present all day
10/04 22:39 PEMBROKESHIRE : Osprey, Welsh Wildlife Centre & Teifi Marshes NR [S]one flew over this morning11/04 09:40 CAMBRIDGESHIRE : Osprey, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB [S]one flew north this morning (08:00)
11/04 15:46 NORTHUMBERLAND : Osprey, Hedley on the Hill [S]one circled around small reservoir next to Airy Holme Farm before moving north mid-morning (09:50)
11/04 15:57 NORTHUMBERLAND : Osprey, Hedley on the Hill [S]earlier report stated incorrect location, bird moved north at Kiln Pit Hill NZ035511/04 16:03 DORSET : Osprey, Middlebere [S]one still in dead trees today; also 7 Spoonbill and Red Kite flew over11/04 16:34 SHROPSHIRE : Osprey, Venus Pool NR [S]one late afternoon; also Marsh Harrier flew over (15:55)
11/04 18:14 GLAMORGAN : Osprey, Whitchurch Common [S]one flew north early evening (17:35)
11/04 20:35 GWYNEDD : Osprey, Bangor [S]hunting in Menai Straits east of the pier mid-afternoon (15:30)11/04 20:39 NORTHUMBERLAND : Osprey, Whittington Fell [S]one flew north mid-morning (10:10)
11/04 21:16 LANCASHIRE : Osprey, Leighton Moss RSPB [S]Osprey flew over northwest carrying fish mid-afternoon (14:00)